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SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I926 



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those who were invited to attend the event were expected to cooperate 

 in the work of erecting the frame and posts. Rivalry sometimes 

 developed between competing clans, each of which was assigned a 

 different log plate to place into position. 



Fig. 184. — All that remains of " Furthest 

 Forward House " at Kasaan. Unusual form 

 of house post carving. 



The posts, never more than 10 feet high, are first raised into posi- 

 tion by means of rope guys and props and firmly planted in deep holes. 

 The log plates are next put into position with skids and parbuckles. 

 Before the posts are firmly planted in the ground, the head of each 

 is cut out to the shape of a crescent so as to exactly fit the log plate 

 which is to rest on it. The plate is then rolled to within working dis- 

 tance of the posts and parallel to its final position. The posts are 

 braced on the opposite side, while on the near side skids are rested 



